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Your AWS spend is $3,240 this month, up 18% — EC2 is 62% of your bill and Reserved Instances could save $420/mo.
This month
$3,240
↑ 18% vs Sep
Savings found
$420/mo
Reserved Instances
Top service
EC2
62% of bill
Monthly spend
Service breakdown
The things that quietly drain your AWS budget every month
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Typical savings: $180–$600/moEC2 instances that should be Reserved
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Typical savings: $200–$1,200/moS3 data transfer quietly doubling
Transfer costs compound fast and don't trigger billing alerts. ThinCost flags the month it starts climbing.
Typical savings: $90–$400/moEvery Monday morning.
Before: AWS Cost Explorer
Cost and usage
+ 247 more rows…
You know the number. You don't know why.
After: ThinCost report
Spend up 18% vs last month. EC2 data transfer doubled — a misconfigured NAT Gateway is the likely cause.
Key Findings
NAT Gateway data transfer doubled
Went from $180 → $389 in 30 days. Likely a misconfigured service routing through NAT instead of VPC endpoint.
Save $200/moEC2 Reserved Instance opportunity
3× m5.xlarge have been running 24/7 for 6 months. 1-yr reserved would save 42%.
Save $420/mo💰 $620/mo in savings identified this week
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⚠️ ThinCost: $420 savings found — Oct 2026
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Mon, Oct 28, 8:03 AM
Your AWS spend is $3,240 this month, up 18% — EC2 Reserved Instances could save $420/mo.
Key Findings
EC2 is 62% of your bill
4× m5.xlarge running 24/7. Reserved Instances save $420/mo.
Save $420/moCost up 18% this month
October spend $3,240 vs September $2,740.
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